http://magickalmusings.net/muse/introspective/ A Spiritual Journey Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:24:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://magickalmusings.net/muse/introspective/comment-page-1/#comment-1073 Janet Thu, 23 Dec 2004 21:18:54 +0000 http://magickalmusings.net/muse/introspective/#comment-1073 I don't know you, but from what you've shared, it sounds like you have gone through a lot in your life. I know it's hard, but you have to try to give yourself a break now and again. Blogging is great that way. It lets you vent and find shoulders to cry on, all at once. I don’t know you, but from what you’ve shared, it sounds like you have gone through a lot in your life. I know it’s hard, but you have to try to give yourself a break now and again. Blogging is great that way. It lets you vent and find shoulders to cry on, all at once.

]]> http://magickalmusings.net/muse/introspective/comment-page-1/#comment-1072 RisibleGirl Wed, 22 Dec 2004 18:25:38 +0000 http://magickalmusings.net/muse/introspective/#comment-1072 Wow, pretty deep stuff. I read a lot of my old self in your post. Even down to the 11 year "what is it" relationship. Only mine was 8. I did a whole lot of work on myself after finally breaking the cycle with that guy. I vowed to not date for one year- no matter who asked. I went into therapy for six months, then dedicated Saturdays to doing something creative and Sundays to reading spiritual and self help books (check out "In the Meantime" by Ivanyla. It's really a GREAT book. Also another one of hers that I really liked was "One day my soul just opened up". I liked my world of no dating or relationships SO much that I extended it. I learned a whole lot about who I was and what was important to me. I met hubby not too long after I decided to dip my toe back into the dating pool. I feel that he is truly a gift to me for all of the hard work that I did on repairing myself. Like you, I also was a single mother and I also had a lot of abusive relationships in my life. I just wanted you to know that it truly is possible to crawl out of that hole. Really. If you'd like, I'll send you the link to the stuff that I don't talk about on my blog. I don't want to post that link here for obvious reasons. I just want to give you the opportunity to see that it's possible to be where I'm at today from where I started from. ~hugs Wow, pretty deep stuff. I read a lot of my old self in your post. Even down to the 11 year “what is it” relationship. Only mine was 8.
I did a whole lot of work on myself after finally breaking the cycle with that guy. I vowed to not date for one year- no matter who asked. I went into therapy for six months, then dedicated Saturdays to doing something creative and Sundays to reading spiritual and self help books (check out “In the Meantime” by Ivanyla. It’s really a GREAT book. Also another one of hers that I really liked was “One day my soul just opened up”.
I liked my world of no dating or relationships SO much that I extended it. I learned a whole lot about who I was and what was important to me. I met hubby not too long after I decided to dip my toe back into the dating pool. I feel that he is truly a gift to me for all of the hard work that I did on repairing myself.
Like you, I also was a single mother and I also had a lot of abusive relationships in my life. I just wanted you to know that it truly is possible to crawl out of that hole. Really.
If you’d like, I’ll send you the link to the stuff that I don’t talk about on my blog. I don’t want to post that link here for obvious reasons. I just want to give you the opportunity to see that it’s possible to be where I’m at today from where I started from.
~hugs

]]> http://magickalmusings.net/muse/introspective/comment-page-1/#comment-1071 moderate Wed, 22 Dec 2004 15:21:39 +0000 http://magickalmusings.net/muse/introspective/#comment-1071 your mindset is typical...yes, typical of a person, who, for whatever reason, has suffered hurt but rather than understanding that the pain was not a fault of your own, have ascribed it to yourself. by concentrating on this imagined guilt, you put yourself in a position of being unable to do anything. you fall back into whatever you are familiar with. for some it's alcohol, or drugs...for you, it's self-punishment. it may not help you...but i speak from experience your mindset is typical…yes, typical of a person, who, for whatever reason, has suffered hurt but rather than understanding that the pain was not a fault of your own, have ascribed it to yourself. by concentrating on this imagined guilt, you put yourself in a position of being unable to do anything. you fall back into whatever you are familiar with. for some it’s alcohol, or drugs…for you, it’s self-punishment. it may not help you…but i speak from experience

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